The Strike – Slip Faults Morphotectonic in The Foreland Belt –Iraq
Abstract
This study is concerned on the morphotectonic analysis of the strike-slip faults in the Foreland belt – northern Iraq and focused on the tectonic stress that generated them. Depending on the morphotectonic features which are noticed from visual interpretation and field work of selected areas, the strike-slip faults have been recognized in this belt. These features were influence the other geological structures (e.g. folds, river, drainage Pattern and dip-slip fault).
The morphotectonic analysis has been carried out in this study by followings:-
As a final result from compilation and discussion of above quantitative and qualitative results, which are extracted from remote sensing data. Comparing that result with the ground geological facts for the study area. Then, specify the morphotectonic framework of the strike-slip faults for the Foreland belt of northern Iraq. The relation of these faults with the other geological structures clarified by constructed a specific morphotectonic map for this purpose at scale (1:300000).
AAPG Datapages/Search and Discovery Article #90226 © 2015 European Regional Conference and Exhibition, Lisbon, Portugal, May 18-19, 2015